diff --git a/dev-python/paste/paste-3.10.1.ebuild b/dev-python/paste/paste-3.10.1.ebuild
index c00b21b6a6e58..465282754e0ce 100644
--- a/dev-python/paste/paste-3.10.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/paste/paste-3.10.1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -20,20 +20,22 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~x64-macos"
 
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		dev-python/pkg-resources[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+	)
+"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
 distutils_enable_sphinx docs
 
+EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+	# Internet
+	tests/test_proxy.py
+)
+
 python_compile() {
 	distutils-r1_python_compile
 	find "${BUILD_DIR}" -name '*.pth' -delete || die
 }
-
-python_test() {
-	local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
-		# Internet
-		tests/test_proxy.py
-	)
-
-	local -x PYTEST_DISABLE_PLUGIN_AUTOLOAD=1
-	epytest
-}